The Crooked Man

"The Crooked Man" has got to be one of the worst horror movies I've ever sat through. The storyline felt weak and uninspired, and the special effects were terrible, so noticeably bad that they constantly pulled me out of the experience. The characters were flat, and the acting didn't help either. Honestly, there was nothing remotely scary or engaging about it. If you're looking for a good horror flick, you'd be better off skipping this one altogether. It's a waste of time and does no justice to the genre. Even background noise would've been a better use of my time than watching this mess unfold.

There is a story here. Not an original one but it's good enough. Children awaken a curse and years later they're dealing with the last of it. Kills, haunting stuff inter-people dramatics etc.

But this movie makes so many bad decisions. The Crooked Man should have looked fine, but not only do they just put him on screen all the time, they put a terrible looking effect on him too.

(There are scenes where he's more out of view and it looks actually good. Those are rare.)

The opening scene really matters for the story and not only is it done poorly, later on you see better shots of the same scene. They should have reused those at the start and even if not, we didn't have to know that.

And it's got a lot of that and it's noticeable. Good lesson on what not to do for a director when everybody else seems to be at least showing up.

This is truly the worst movie I've ever seen. I feel bad for the actors, the writing is so bad it's painful every time someone speaks. The storyline is directionless and plain boring. Don't waste an and hour and a half on this.

The acting was terrible, the graphics were awful, the script was bad. I was annoyed watching it. Save yourself the time and skip this one.

Average horror flick that is passable for a TV movie. Its one redeeming feature is the unusual special effects applied to the villain. OK as a B movie, or as the first in a horror flick line-up night on Halloween.